Quote by Ulrich Beck
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, no

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

Other quotes by Ulrich Beck

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. – Ulrich Beck

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Peace
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. – Ulrich Beck

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Science
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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Science

For whatever reason, I didnt succumb to the stereotype that science wasnt for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did. – Sally Ride

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Science

Science grows like a weed every year. – Kary Mullis

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Science

In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it. – Phillip E. Johnson

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Science

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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure. – B.C. Forbes

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Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. – Henry Miller

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Verbing weirds language. – Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

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Language

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Truth